Well Read Column by Robert Weibezahl

Vladimir Sorokin’s darkly comic novel, Day of the Oprichnik, is set in Moscow in 2028, and offers a warped futuristic vision of a Russian society where advanced technology and medieval brutality seamlessly merge.A major Russian literary voice, born in 1955, Sorokin began his career as part of the underground scene during the last days of the Soviet era. He has since gained...